The Timid Toreador

The Timid Toreador is a 1940 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert Clampett and Norman McCabe. It stars Porky Pig.
Plot
This story starts off in a Mexican town. There are happy town's people all around. The scene shifts to a Mexican bar where we see three Mexican singers. Next we see an old lady washing some underwear at a nearby fountain. She beats it up, but the underwear beats here back and dives into the water.
Then along comes Porky with a box of hot tamale (which we would see later, prove to be very hot). He's making his rounds and took a brief break. While taking a break, a chicken who was pecking nearby, eyes the box of tamales, opens it up and partakes in one. The chicken swallows it up whole. Unfortunately, the tamale is so hot, that it turns her into a roast chicken. Naturally, Porky is not pleased with what happened, takes back the box, continues on his way.
Later, a bull fight is starting to commence. When we first came in, a spectator is angry over a sombrero of an upfront spectator abstracting his view. So in cartoon fashion, he took a pin, pokes the sombrero, and it deflates, allowing the angry spectator to enjoy the bull fight. It begins with the introduction of a matador named Ponchi Pancho, and a bull named Slapsie Maxie Rosenbull. When the bell sounded, the matador flaps his cape and Slapsie charges into the matador. At first, he admires Ponchi's cape, but then he takes it from him. Ponchi screams and runs away with Slapsie giving chase. As the bull fight announcer announces whats going on, Ponchi makes it to a bullseye fence and Slapsie hits it. He hits it so hard, that a spectator in the ring laughs and laughs and laughs. Naturally, Slapsie is not happy with the spectator sense of humor, so he chalks up his horn and charges into him. The spectator had since become a centaur.
Later, Porky accidentally arrives in the ring. Slapsie is still chasing Ponchi, but somehow stops chasing him and guns for Porky instead. Porky at first the mad bull is his next customer, but has quickly got the message and runs to a nearby sword. But the sword droops and Porky runs for his life. They chase around the ring. Porky reaches the middle and when he sees the bull, Porky digs into the ground, out of harm way. Porky emerges out of the hole and tries to escape. But Slapsie blocks his exit. Slapsie was about to do Porky harm, when he sniffs the tamales. So he takes the box away from Porky, admires them, and eats nearly the whole box. But the tamales are so hot, that Slapsie holds his mouth, coughs and runs like heck. He charges himself out of ring, possibly never to be seen again. Meanwhile, Porky is worshiped for defeating the bull. The cartoon ends with Porky pretending to be Oliver Hardy.
Availability
*Laserdisc - Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites

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